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Peterborough hospital manager donates kidney to co-worker
Two co-workers at Peterborough Regional Health Centre share more than a passion for health care after one donated a kidney to help the other.
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‘A chance to live again’: one patient’s journey to transplant
“I always tried not to think of dialysis – I tried not to think it would happen,” Volek said. “When it finally did, I took it very hard. I was in great shock.” With the support of her family – her husband and her two sons – Volek adapted to the overnight dialysis schedule. “I realized this was just one phase of my journey,” she said.
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U of S research team aims to develop world’s first wearable kidney
With the help of federal funding, a University of Saskatchewan research team is in the process of developing the world’s first wearable kidney for patients with kidney failure.
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This man lost his leg after 7 years waiting for a kidney in N.L. — and now he’s losing hope
Jim Patten was lying in a hospital bed in St. John’s in March, recovering from a series of surgeries to remove his right leg, which he said he lost due to complications from dialysis.
Patten was groggy, because he had just finished his latest round of dialysis, a four-hour treatment that he gets three times a week.
Canadian Blood Services releases first set of national guidelines for organ donation after medical assistance in dying
Published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ,) the new guidelines from Canadian Blood Services tackle a slew of ethical and practical quandaries that have made some provincial organ-donation organizations reluctant to pursue hearts, lungs, livers and kidneys from patients who choose to die with the help of a physician. While not binding, the document offers a road map for the organizations and hospitals who want to navigate this new terrain.
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